Three of the six blocks on offer in Trinidad & Tobago’s shallow waters received uncontested bids from a BP-Shell consortium, disappointing some observers considering the five-year wait since the Caribbean nation last put new acreage in the shop window, write Gareth Chetwynd and Kathrine Schmidt.
BP and Shell bid jointly for Columbus basin blocks 4 (c), U (c) and LRL, selecting areas lying off south-east Trinidad and which are familiar to both companies from their past work in the country.
